Date: 1615
"And this power or faculty when the braine hath once receiued it from the heart, standeth in no neede of continuall and immediate assistance therefrom, but onely of a supply after some time: Euen as the Commander of an Army, who hauing receiued his authority and his company from the Prince, stand...
preview | full record— Crooke, Helkiah (1576-1648)
Date: 1646
"To every individual in nature is given an individual property by nature not to be invaded or usurped by any."
preview | full record— Overton, Richard (fl. 1640-1663)
Date: 1674
"Secondly it seem'd to me no less unconceivable, whence that dismal ψυχομαχια or intestin war which every Man too frequently feels within himself, and whereof even St. Paul himself so sadly complained, when (in Epist. ad Roman. cap. 3.) he cries out, video aliam legem in membris meis repugnantem ...
preview | full record— Charleton, Walter (1620-1707)
Date: 1686, 1689, 1697
"What Struglings and Conflicts are there betwixt the Animal Inclinations, and the more masculine Dictates of Reason?"
preview | full record— Nourse, Timothy (c.1636–1699)
Date: 1698
"But when Vice is varnish'd over with Pleasure, and comes in the Shape of Convenience, the case grows somewhat dangerous; for then the Fancy may be gain'd, and the Guards corrupted, and Reason suborn'd against it self."
preview | full record— Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726)